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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE
Assigned on Briefs December 7, 2001 WOODLAWN MEMORIAL PARK, INC. v. ROGER KEITH, ET AL.
Appeal from the Chancery Court for Davidson County No. 97-2731-II Hon. Carol L. Soloman, Judge, sitting by interchange

No. M2000-00612-SC-WCM-CV - Filed March 1, 2002

In this workers' compensation appeal, an employee was allegedly injured in the course and scope of her employment. While purportedly seeking medical treatment for these injuries, she contracted an infection and died. The employer filed suit in the Davidson County Chancery Court claiming that no compensable injury occurred and that the employee used the excuse of an injury to seek prescription drugs for her addiction. The trial court held for the employer and later granted the employer's motion for discretionary costs. The Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel reversed, finding that a preponderance of the evidence established that a work-related injury did occur and that the employee died as a result of seeking treatment for those injuries. We then granted the employer's application for full court review and hold that the trial court's findings are supported by a preponderance of the evidence. We also hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in awarding discretionary costs to the employer. The judgment of the Davidson County Chancery Court is affirmed. Tenn. Code Ann.

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